IDF continues to expand anti-virus campaign • "The goal is to make the tests available to every servant on duty or permanently," said an officer in the unit who set up the compound near Tel Hashomer

• The drive-in complex does not have an air force base \\ Photo: IDF Spokesman

First Air Force Drive at the base near Tel Hashomer opened Thursday to provide service to all IDF soldiers and officers and conducted dozens of corona virus tests.

"The goal is to make the tests available to any servant in duty or permanently who needs them," explains Major Aviad Bar Chief of Preventive Medicine at IAF 112 (Air Force Medical Unit). "Those who need our service are soldiers who have been in contact with a verified patient or Anyone who has developed symptoms corresponding to the corona virus. After making a decision that the person meets the criteria, he is invited to do the test. "

IDF prepared to aggravate the Corona crisis \\ Photo: IDF Spokesman

So far, the IDF has been sending a military patrol car that would have sold the soldier at his home, which would have consumed a lot of resources and equipment that is now invaluable, as Bar explains: "Beyond arriving at every soldier's house, the team had to defend itself at every retest. Here our models are with the same protective gear for the same shift when they only replace the gloves. I think it is also more convenient for soldiers to arrive when they are comfortable. The test itself including the registration is 5 minutes. "

How do you correlate?

"There is a need to contact the military where a doctor sits with you and if you meet the criteria you are cash.

The whole procedure is done when in a vehicle without direct contact. When you arrive you pass through a reception post that communication is done through the window. After identifying the details, you move to the test position and a protected team samples you through the window. The samples are transferred to a military laboratory and the result arrives at the same soldier on the phone within 24-48 hours. In the media and the result is positive even before. "

How many drive tests can't a day deliver?

"We invite the soldiers, so we can expect the load ahead of time. I can put two models there, four and even six as needed." Barr explains that most Air Force units have moved to a "capsule" batch - a division into two or more cells depending on the unit size so that if one of the soldiers is ill, it will not infect the entire unit and it can continue for functional continuity.

Is there a shortage of tests in the military as well?

"These samples are a limited resource not only at the national level, but also at the global level. Today, a soldier who needs a sample receives the sample."